Inglis Earns Cricket Australia Contract
Melbourne, April 7: Wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis has earned a Cricket Australia contract for the first time, but his Western Australia teammate Jhye Richardson has been dropped from the list of 20 players announced on Thursday.
While Inglis is new to the list for 2022-23, Mitch Marsh, Scott Boland, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Swepson have retained their place on the list having earned a contract upgrade in 2021-22.
“The MOU between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketer’s Association states that between 17 and 20 male players are eligible to be contracted at the start of each contracting period”, said Cricket Australia in a statement.
Other contracted players or those upgraded from last year who missed out include Marcus Harris, Moises Henriques, Ben McDermott, Kane Richardson, Ashton Turner, Matthew Wade, James Pattinson, who has retired from international cricket, and Tim Paine, who remains on an indefinite break from the game.
Cricket Australia men’s contract list 2022-23: Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
